Packing for Baby’s First Trip
We hope Owen likes his first plane ride.
We are headed to California this week and it will mark Owen’s first plane ride and our first real vacation as a family. I’m mildly anxious about having a baby on the plane but it will be worth it to get to visit our friends and family. For the plane ride my husband is on “team entertain the baby” while I will be on “eam feed and hold the sleeping baby”. We hope that our son behaves but there are no guarantees.
I started a list a couple of weeks ago so I will hopefully not forget anything essential. As I laid out all his stuff today I was truly amazed at how much stuff a baby needs. We were thinking he could use a small bag because his clothes are small but the rest of his stuff is making up for the small clothes. We need burp cloths, blankets, toys, monitor, and carrier to name a few extras. One thing I’m doing to try to cut down on the volume of stuff we are bringing is that we are planning to buy diapers and wipes when we get there. I will pack just enough to get us there.
Luckily my mom has a car seat that we can use while we are in California so we won’t need to bring ours. We are going to bring our favorite carrier and no stroller so we are hoping all his relatives will be happy to carry him around the whole time. Since we are a military family, we will be moving over the next few years. This will be a good test to see how Owen travels. I think if we stay calm and are well prepared it will be a fun adventure.
How do you prepare for a trip with baby?
Ha I used to prepare by bringing everything he owned just in case I might need it, which was kinda silly, in retrospect. Now I only take the bare minumum, knowing that whatever I don’t bring I can find where I am going if I need it (: Good luck! We have not flown yet, so I look forward to hearing how your trip goes and any tips you may have (: